Monday, May 11, 2009

It's been a while since I paid close attention to how movies perform at the box office. Years ago I was pretty avid about following those numbers, and I got very good at estimating what any given film might gross during any given frame. But like visitor stats on this here site, it's just not something I keep tabs on anymore.

However, Thursday night I was having a conversation with a friend who'd just seen Star Trek and we got on the box office subject. Specifically, my friend wondered what Trek's debut might mean for Wolverine's numbers. Without hesitating, I said Wolverine would fall off by 70%.

I just checked the numbers. Wolverine did $27 million this weekend, after pulling $85 million its first weekend. That's a drop off of roughly 68.5%.